---
name: "Barry Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/barry-newman"
fi1m_id: "barry-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0628017"
tmdb_id: 27860
wikidata_id: "Q705352"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 November 1930"
died: "11 May 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T00:17:49.801858+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Barry Newman

## Identity

Barry Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/barry-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** barry-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0628017
- **TMDB ID:** 27860
- **Wikidata ID:** Q705352
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27860

Actor. Born 7 November 1930 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 11 May 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 November 1930, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 11 May 2023
- **Active:** 1996–2002
- **Also known as:** Barry Foster Newman
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 67 (2), 2000s 47 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 60 to 55 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Thriller 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $258m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705352, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27860

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Limey*](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md) (80)
- **Pluto TV:** [*40 Days and 40 Nights*](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md) (47)

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## Biography

Barry Newman was an American actor of stage, screen and television. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he graduated from Brandeis University and studied acting with Lee Strasberg. He made his Broadway debut in 1957.

Newman became known for his leading role as Kowalski in the 1971 film *Vanishing Point*. He starred as the title character in the 1970s NBC series *Petrocelli*, for which he received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations, and appeared in films including *The Lawyer* (1970), *Fear Is the Key* (1972) and *The Limey* (1999) as Jim Avery. Later credits included *Daylight* (1996), *Bowfinger* (1999) and *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002). He died in New York City in 2023.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), Fi1m 47, as Walter Sullivan — [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *The Limey* (1999), Fi1m 80, as Jim Avery — [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Daylight* (1996), Fi1m 54, as Norman Bassett — [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Finding Hannah* (2023), as Isaac Dorfman
- *Raise Your Kids on Seltzer* (2015), as Bill Tannery
- *Grilled* (2006), as Boris
- *What the Bleep! Down the Rabbit Hole* (2006), as Frank
- *Ghost Whisperer* (2005), series, as Ray James
- *What the #$*! Do We (K)now!?* (2004), as Frank
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as Professor Max Bloom
- *Manhood* (2003), as Simon
- *40 Days and 40 Nights* (2002), as Walter Sullivan — Fi1m 47, [page](https://film.one/film/40-days-and-40-nights.md)
- *True Blue* (2001), as Monty
- *Good Advice* (2001), as Donald Simpson
- *Jack the Dog* (2001), as Simon
- *G-Men from Hell* (2000), as Greydon Lake
- *The Limey* (1999), as Jim Avery — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-limey.md)
- *Bowfinger* (1999), as Hal, Kit's Agent
- *Goodbye Lover* (1999), as Sen. Lassetter
- *Brown's Requiem* (1998), as Jack Skolnick
- *Daylight* (1996), as Norman Bassett — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/daylight.md)
- *JAG* (1995), series, as Lawyer
- *MacShayne: Winner Takes All* (1994), as Andy Capasso
- *Der blaue Diamant* (1993), as Dr. Axel Trank
- *NYPD Blue* (1993), series, as Jimmy Wexler, Mark Radner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nypd-blue.md)
- *Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side* (1992), as Jason Rudd
- *Nightingales* (1989), series, as Dr. Garrett Braden
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, as Frank Askoff
- *My Two Loves* (1986), as Ben
- *Fatal Vision* (1984), series, as Bernie Segal
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Ex-NYPD Lt. Ed McMasters, Lt. Amos 'Jake' Ballinger, Andrew Bascombe
- *Second Sight: A Love Story* (1984), as Richard Chapman
- *Having It All* (1982), as Peter Baylin
- *Fantasies* (1982), as Detective Flynn
- *Deadline* (1982), as Barney Duncan
- *Amy* (1981), as Dr. Ben Corcoran
- *King Crab* (1980), as Johnny Campana
- *City on Fire* (1979), as Dr. Frank Whitman
- *Sex and the Married Woman* (1977), as Alan Fitch
- *Quincy, M.E.* (1976), series, as Dr. Gabe McCracken
- *The Unwanted* (1975), as Voiceover
- *Petrocelli* (1974), series, as Anthony J. Petrocelli
- *Night Games* (1974), as Anthony J. Petrocelli
- *Fear Is the Key* (1972), as John Talbot
- *The Salzburg Connection* (1972), as Bill Mathison
- *Vanishing Point* (1971), as Kowalski
- *The Lawyer* (1970), as Tony Petrocelli
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Assistant Guru
- *The Moving Finger* (1963), as Mason
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as The Reporter
- *Pretty Boy Floyd* (1960), as Al Riccardo
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Cabby

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Barry Newman as Tony Petrocelli from the made for television film Night Games. Not long after this film aired, en:Petrocelli became a television series](https://film.one/media/person/9852/gallery-40b9ff2ac824.jpg) Photo of Barry Newman as Tony Petrocelli from the made for television film Night Games. Not long after this film aired, en:Petrocelli became a television series — Paramount Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Barry_Newman_Night_Games_1974.jpg/1280px-Barry_Newman_Night_Games_1974.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Barry Newman](https://film.one/media/person/9852/gallery-b3842f07bb7e.jpg) Barry Newman — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Barry_Newman_Petrocelli_1974.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Publicity photograph release of the scene from The Edge of Night. In this photo were Laurence Hugo (left) as Mike Karr and Barry Newman as John Barnes.](https://film.one/media/person/9852/gallery-e632cd20adc0.jpg) Publicity photograph release of the scene from The Edge of Night. In this photo were Laurence Hugo (left) as Mike Karr and Barry Newman as John Barnes. — Photo negative: Unknown.  This photo was distributed to Proctor & Gamble, the production company and sponsor of The Edge of Night, and CBS Television, the distributor.  This photo print may have been released by either P&G or CBS., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/The_Edge_of_Night_1966_Laurence_Hugo_Barry_Newman.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Barry Newman](https://film.one/media/person/9852/gallery-4aef9ae090ea.jpg) Barry Newman — Image via TMDB

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